title: The RCN's literacy competences for evidence-based practice.
abstract: Professor Alan Glasper discusses the Royal College of Nursing's recently announced information literacy competences, which set out skills required by nurses to deliver safe and effective evidence-based care.
authors.forename: Professor Alan
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Glasper
mesh_terms: D003197:Computer Literacy; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D058980:Information Literacy; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011361:Professional Competence; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom